Historical Events In August - 15

1969  Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) on August - 15.   

1969  On August - 15 woodstock music festival   

1969  Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97 on this day in history.   

1970  Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1971  Bahrain gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

1971  On August - 15 hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia.   

1971  On August - 15 pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents   

1971  Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76 on August - 15.   

1972  Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89 on August - 15.   

1973  Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens on this day in history.   

1974  South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination on August - 15.   

1974  On this day in history edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82   

1975  Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84   

1978  On this day in history harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80   

1979  On August - 15 hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people   

1982  On August - 15 patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60   

1983  Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1985  Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1986  Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger on August - 15.   

1988  Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 on August - 15.   

1989  F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies on August - 15.   

1990  On August - 15 nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66   

1991  On this day in history 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park   

1991  On August - 15 marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74   

1992  On this day in history evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies   

1993  On August - 15 robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93   

1994  Shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80 on August - 15.   

1995  Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1996  Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

2000  A group of 100 separated family members from North Korea arrive in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they have not seen for half a century on August - 15.   

2007  An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean on this day in history.   

2007  India marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire on August - 15.   

2007  On this day in history nBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed.   

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1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.   

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1057  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on this day in history.   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.